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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 643628
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/643628
HY22NW 1.01 2398 2850
The fragments of this symbol stone were found in 1935 close to the side of the cemetery. The most recent account of the discovery is published in Curle (1982, 91); earlier accounts of the stone having been found at the W end of a triple grave must now be discounted. The stone (NMAS IB 243) would originally have measured some 2m by 0.8m and it is merely 25mm in thickness. The symbols comprise a circular disc and rectangle ('the mirror case'), a crescent and V-rod, 'beast', and eagle. Below these symbols there is a panel which contains three warriors bearing shields and spears. The leading figure of the three is more elaborately dressed, and the shield contains spiral elements in its decoration that are identical to those on the disc symbol above it (see C L Curle, 1982).
Information from RCAHMS 1985.
